Bars usually don't write down your data or associate every movement you make while there with your id, so it's definitely more risky than the traditional meatsp

Bars usually don't write down your data or associate every movement you make while there with your id, so it's definitely more risky than the traditional meatspace verification process. Part of the issue is that for my entire life, age was either not enforced or a promise. It feels wrong having gates up where they previously didn't exist. I get it; I wandered into gay porn sites and irc chats when I was in the 4th grade back in the 90s, and my friends and I loved chatting up those interested in our pre-teenage selves at the time. But I still will never provide a legit id for any age restricted services. Though I do have fakes for non us based companies to deal with financial kyc but haven't used them in some time (years), so no idea if they would work in the days of oligarchic identity management saas.